Retired Navy submarine officer, ran a small business for several years, and then worked for Microsoft for 10 years. 7+ years of genealogy research, building on the efforts of my uncle Dr. William Whitfield Stiles and my father Merritt Loud Stiles.

Family Lines Researching: Stiles, Mitchell, Merritt, Loud, Devasher, and Fanelli. On my wife's side, I'm researching Brownlee, Forsythe, Scofield, Cawley, Templeton.

NOTE: The following is "borrowed" from James Seidelman's profile (Find-A-Grave ID 9118441). He has way more experience than I do (over 20 years) and he has an outlook and philosophy that I want to emulate.

"When a loved one dies ... they don't die if someone takes the time to share the information with the world, and Findagrave.com has become a world-wide web site."

If someone I've listed is in a line of your family (and not a direct line of mine) I'm happy to transfer the management to a family member or friend who is actively researching and can add more information to the memorial.

"I feel this website is for sharing and caring...not hording and holding...enjoy!"

Retired Navy submarine officer, ran a small business for several years, and then worked for Microsoft for 10 years. 7+ years of genealogy research, building on the efforts of my uncle Dr. William Whitfield Stiles and my father Merritt Loud Stiles.

Family Lines Researching: Stiles, Mitchell, Merritt, Loud, Devasher, and Fanelli. On my wife's side, I'm researching Brownlee, Forsythe, Scofield, Cawley, Templeton.

NOTE: The following is "borrowed" from James Seidelman's profile (Find-A-Grave ID 9118441). He has way more experience than I do (over 20 years) and he has an outlook and philosophy that I want to emulate.

"When a loved one dies ... they don't die if someone takes the time to share the information with the world, and Findagrave.com has become a world-wide web site."

If someone I've listed is in a line of your family (and not a direct line of mine) I'm happy to transfer the management to a family member or friend who is actively researching and can add more information to the memorial.

"I feel this website is for sharing and caring...not hording and holding...enjoy!"